other frontline after more than a decade of war this time planning an assault via the ballot rather than the battlefield. brings military facing up to allegations of torture as an inquiry is shown graphic gruesome evidence that iraqis were abused at the hands of u.k. troops. actions must be called with a clear and credible military threat israel's benjamin netanyahu pulls no punches on iran labeling diplomacy a waste of time calling again for the taking up of arms against iran and its alleged nuclear ambitions. ten am in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on our t.v. our top story after more than a decade of war hundreds of billions of dollars spent and vast numbers killed we

may be about to see the start of a democratic election of a truly stable representative government in afghanistan though not quite the one that many would have expected or even would like to see take a listen. but message to the afghans is that we will want you which is a stroll safe stable democratic afghanistan living in peace and stability with the snake we want that country to be run by the afghans fully afghans with an afghan army and police fools to provide security in that stability but it may not take the form of a david cameron speaking there are many others wanted or even expected the taliban hinting that it may form a political party and contest the upcoming presidential vote and by all accounts it does have a solid chance at the ballot box this map shows you the regions that are either poised for a taliban comeback or have areas already under their control seventeen of them in all according to data from the carnegie endowment earlier i spoke to a former afghan m.p. and political analyst daoud sultanzoy who told me the taliban must evolve to secure

its chances at the polls. they have to come in spell out their agenda and their their ideology so far has been the old system they want m.r. out of afghanistan not republic of afghanistan and so far they have not changed that tone and unless they change that the people of afghanistan will not be supporting it fall upon that want to reverse things back to to the stone age and we cannot afford that afghanistan has to live in this world it is up to the taliban to show their real face not the face that is pushed by the british intelligence or the facts on the intelligence every paramilitary group looks larger than life when they're in battlefields inviting grohl of war but when they come to a political front then. the proof is is there and these people have to for the present an agenda to the people of afghanistan and present a team. all taleban the old agendas will not be acceptable to the afghan people do

you think and aleck did taliban could save face so to speak for the western groups there what they say they may say ok well the taliban is here but this time it's by boat so that's good enough. i think the west is confused the west is looking for an exit a very speedy exit and then. i'm afraid that they will probably do whatever is possible whatever is convenient to put up a very very tedious. and very temporary fix and leave and then things will go back to where it started that's the problem in that region has to realize that we have to find sustainable fixes for this problem not a temporary face saving thing for the nato to leave and then leave a big problem for afghanistan for the neighborhood. raging violence across egypt

showing no signs of letting up government buildings or seven hundred protesters police and the army clash and courts aid after the funerals of those who've already died in the turmoil. first though shocking photos have been shown at a public inquiry into allegations of british troops killed and tortured iraqi soldiers after a firefight in two thousand and four u.k. military has denied charges that echo the horrific treatment suffered by detainees at the hands of u.s. soldiers in abu ghraib or he's probably boyko reports from london. victims and families of victims say that british troops took a number of iraqis from the battlefield and then murdered and tortured them but the ministry of defense strenuously denied that british troops are normally killed and iraqis in fact the evidence given by the ministry of defense is so different to the evidence provided by the victims and their families that it's resulted in this very long three year delay this inquiry was ordered back in two thousand and nine so

three years later it's only just coming to fruition i'm joined in the studio by christopher stanley of rights watch u.k. this is a first inquiry of its kind of already have this very embarrassing case of the killing of a back in two thousand and three is this potentially another big embarrassment for the british military it would be a big embarrassment if they allowed it to become one which i think is what they obviously do not want to know about this middle nouns because it was a damning inquiry against the ministry of defense against the process by which investigations when the taken against the death of innocence of the rocky civilians trying to manage it down to the company these are people getting away with grave human rights violations including killing without punishment or due process of law standing from rights watching kate thank you very much and of course the issue of iraq is a very sensitive one at the moment we've just heard reports that william hague the foreign minister has urged in a private memo urged ministers not to talk about iraq in the run up to the ten year

anniversary of the invasion later this month. political scientist london school of economics is british and u.s. forces should face up to the crimes they committed during the invasion of iraq. to see these. scoundrels who you killed will continue to come out of this invasion illegal invasion of the country the. united states should be how disposable they have. the. full role live here not whom they accuse them of. says they they. they condemn them so they condemn not citizens killing invading as they should also british forces that invaded the. online affair right now the

berlin wall dividing yet again as people clashed with police for protesting against demolition of what's left of the historic barrier head over to r.t. dot com to find out what could replace the city's iconic landmark. e-mails and phone calls may not be enough pentagon analysts look for ways to transcribe real world conversations into a giant database should you watch every word from now on a lot on the r.t. dot com to find out. egypt support sayad locked in a cycle of violence the funerals of people who died in fighting sunday served only as a catalyst for yet more clashes government buildings set on fire police and the army locked in street battles turmoil started after suspects held over so severe football violence last year moved to prisons outside the city artie's bell true as

the latest from cairo. we're seeing very bloody and chaotic scenes coming from the coastal city of port saeed this comes after a funeral for three people killed and the ministry of health announced a bid to find people to kill or killed three civilians. police offices there's also been a very confusing reports of the army and the police fighting each other although we have no confirmation on that the military maintains that the armed forces are in the streets to protect the police and help the police in this situation that is gradually descending. very important verdict on saturday on this massacre at this point saeed football must go that occurred february last year with the cash that she broke out on sunday just thirty nine of the defendants related to this case that were moved from the prison that they were in families found out about this very angry when security directorates where they started fighting with police even in the funeral imports which is really related towards this verdict and saturday

people were chanting against the muslim brotherhood the ruling party here behind the ring party here and also i guess the president there's been a lot of anger in the streets of cairo and also the major cities across the country since the second anniversary of january to you find revolution here on tahrir square or sit in continues even though security forces attempted to clear it yesterday morning but there's been clashes actually in the comfortable small clashes on the cornish and what people are saying here is they've seen no change as major economic worries a quarter of the country is below the poverty line people are against this i.m.f. loan the four point eight billion dollars loan that said the president is trying to push through they also against the constitution who they say was. drafted by an islamist dominated assembly and in addition we've got caught immature elections on the horizon that people say you know shouldn't be happening so there's many many grievances here with these clashes erupting across the country and no sign of any

of this violence abating anytime soon. anger in cairo further fueled by the visit of u.s. secretary of state who the opposition felt was only there to push the us agenda john kerry then went on to saudi arabia to send joint warnings to iran and syria as a leader journalist neil clark though things allying with a country that has no democratic credentials undermines the message. well these autocratic go state of the way which the us has two decades maintained each component based very important region having these kind of leaders that the undemocratic leaders in saudi arabia bahrain. the way the u.s. maintain its control of this very strategically important region and of course now there's a big problem because these governments to crack the regimes and in the gulf are coming under increasing pressure and we see now quite clearly that the u.s. because these great promoters of democracy when it comes to bahrain and saudi arabia not siding with the protest is for not signing with the opposition they are

in syria on the contrary they sending more military hardware to these countries and they also according compounds on the opposition new generation are ready to take the reins of china and lacks little in the way of ambition and for ascending to economic expansion and military cash infusion see beijing step up its march toward becoming a superpower our analysis of the national people's congress still to come. plus latvia shows its devotion to the idea of joining the eurozone despite the blocks economic woes and critics though say it's part of a financial safety for political advantage this and more after a short break stay with us. wealthy british style. is no time to.

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thanks for staying with us here on r t thirteen minutes past the hour now israel's prime minister made his feelings clearer than ever on iran and to me netanyahu told a meeting of the u.s. most powerful israeli lobby is that negotiations with toronto are a waste of time and only military action may make a difference are his policy or reports on his hawkish message they israeli prime minister is at it again increasing his favorite topic words alone will not stop iran sanctions alone will not stop iran sanctions and must be coupled with a clear and credible military threat if diplomacy and sanctions fail strong statements from indeed an emboldened by new quick kampala on yahoo balloons the american israel public affairs committee iran is using international negotiations to buy time so it can prissy haid with its nuclear program

a message he's willing to in the past. how do you stop well you have to put greater pressure on you have to upgrade the sanctions and they have to know that if the sanctions and diplomacy fails they will face the credible military threat that's essential nothing else will do the job. and it's getting closer. so much for the science at least many breeds following last month's parliamentary elections the surprising win by say in ten pro peace political parties prompted many to believe netanyahu would back down from his threats to strike iran ask those on the street who voted against netanyahu bayfield a message with clear take your finger off of the trigger in your three to attack iran give economic sanctions and diplomacy a chance but analysts on so sure netanyahu has any intention of toning down the rhetoric netanyahu is

a man which is very much concerned about his position in history and he understands that now his third or prime ministership i'm afraid that one off the reasons that he would like to foster taking against iran is to place himself at the history of the israeli people and it's making the israeli public nervous daniel be an obvious company sells a system that provides ventilation in bomb shelters in times of chemical or biological attacks he says each time it on yahoo mentions he ran the number of queries goes up. some people prefer not to think of the threat but it's a bear and they know it so we have crimes just calling to find out about the system but who have difficulty deciding to buy one and then we have some people who are more alert these are the people who as soon as there is some tension in the media will call and order the system you know a lot of worry is good for business and that's really how problem in israel we were

so many money. on that matter one is an israeli graphic designer who accidentally created an online movement after posting a facebook message declaring that israel would never bomb iran i think a big part of it is people are voting out of fear out of you know. being afraid of the wall coming in he's the one you know i think the war will end just speculation about a possible israeli strike on iran is also keeping foreign investors away maybe away we that while war might mean big business for some it spells disaster for others to see r.t. television. in a power conference also saw hundreds of activists protesting against the u.s. close relationship with israel medea benjamin a human rights campaigner things people should be concerned about the nature of the

meeting. apac is really a danger to our national security a pac is pushing the policies of a foreign government in israel which is not always in the interests of the united states and i should say is not always in the interests of the israelis the there i think this push towards war with iran is disastrous for everybody in the region as well as us here in the united states we're looking at a conflagration of tremendous proportions so much so that there are those in the u.s. military that are trying to hard to stop this because they know how disastrous the u.s. getting into such a conflict would be in fact it would be very easy for iran to retaliate against u.s. embassies against u.s. troops that are stationed in many places around the world so i think that this push by apac is really something that all of us who are rational human beings and know that a war would be so disastrous have to pressure our president not to follow the lines

of a pack and instead to pursue diplomacy it's not just talk of war though also talk of cash as dominating this year's apac conference pro israeli lobbies want to ensure that aid to israel is exempt from human u.s. sequenced ration spending cuts we're interested in your opinion on whether the cuts will affect the country let's see how the viewers are stacking up in our online poll so far here almost half of the respondents so far think that the israeli lobby won't through legislation allow the funding to be slashed about a third hole the opposite view saying that all foreign handouts must be reduced regardless given the economic situation sixteen percent say the aid is important to the country's survival too important to actually be cut and a minority only six percent say that the lobby will agree to the cuts but only if the us backs israel in a potential strike on iran what do you think go online to our web site archie dot com and click your vote.

protests across europe empty government coffers lack doesn't seem to care the country still formally appealed for membership in the euro zone in two thousand and fourteen. a member of the european parliament though thinks life is putting its financial recovery in jeopardy by joining a desperate club. wants to be a member of nato of the e.u. the eurozone so want to be member of a big a bloc to i can't imagine the e.u. a can imagine with the eurozone at the moment is not the joy because lead came out

of the crisis in two thousand and ten why devaluing its currency and the economic recovery. actually led to these doing well so. those that want to lend to. it have an economic crisis and come back to that yes. indeed you cannot leave and will have to stay in. was a lot of suffering and that is the economic downside to perhaps the political advantage to the number of a bigger club. well stay with us here on our team still to come one having a home is just too expensive skyrocketing real estate prices see for a winner is forced out as the highest bidders for more prosperous regions grab the prime spots that's still to come. but first china's prime minister is open the grandiose national people's congress

in beijing this year is more significant than most because there will be a heading over of power a new new generation of communist party leaders delegates will also rubber stamp the country's economic social and military plans for the future among the aims was continued still unparalleled economic growth as well as a ten percent boost to military spending but the government and anti corruption measures were also mentioned reflecting concern over pollution and abuse of office by senior politicians james corbett editor of a japan based news website says there were a number of topics that were mentioned for the first time. where we saw a couple of the main issues on the table are increasing calls even among the party officials by an increase. in calls for losing of regulations on private capital in china's economy and we're also seeing another big issue right now is the idea of environmental concerns obviously there's been a lot of problems with air quality in china as they still continue to develop so that's a huge concern in terms of the foreign relations i think that's something we're

going to have to see play out in the coming months but we already have indications that there are more people within the party itself that are calling for china to go its own way in the east china sea so we'll see how that develops with japan china and the us realize that their economies are intimately linked at this point and i think that in more ways than they'd like to admit they are actually on the same side of this conflict as it were and i don't think china can allow the u.s. economy to sink any more than the u.s. economy can cut its ties with i know so no matter what the political rhetoric might be i think there's actually more collaboration than there is conflict and and that's underscores what's going on in the political arena. to you now to some other stories making headlines across the globe and as well as president hugo chavez suffering from a new serious respiratory infection he returned recently from cuba after surgery for cancer are now being cared for at the military hospital in the capital caracas rallies in support of the president and protests by the opposition calling for more

information about his health have been frequent over the last few weeks. thirty six people killed when a plane crashed in goma in a city in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo locally run aircraft crashed in heavy rain as it was attempting to land the country house with poor air safety record plane accident at another airport back in two thousand and eleven left more than seventy dead. syrian rebels claim to be in near total control of the key northern city of raka this after days of heavy fighting with the syrian army who are holding out at the intelligence headquarters there government troops remain at the airport outside the city as well footage has emerged showing fighters destroying a statue of the former leader and father of the current president bashar al assad. finally in his new blog berliners fear they may soon be forced out of the german capital because their income can't keep pace with rising housing costs real estate

is becoming unaffordable for many locals and people from richer regions are swooping in artie's peter all over ports. who are both sexy that so. lovingly described his city. now some berliners feel this way of life is coming under threat there was in here in the if you keep hearing chris burke we've seen big changes over the past ten years more and more apartment buildings have been built in areas where people traditionally used to rent what we're seeing is people being forced from their homes. real estate prices in berlin have shot up by thirty two percent since two thousand and seven well ahead of the german average this is resulted in some tenants of the and victor it as their rented flat says sold for underneath them prompting anger and demonstrations from those who see the city's identity being sold to the highest bidder isn't. our problem here is that berlin is turning into

a city split between the haves and have nots rising prices of forced people who have lived here for years to move out and those who have come makes. this year has seen an increase in the amount of protests against the gentrification of lynn as well as growing resentment towards other germans and foreigners moving into the city for the most part the public image of this still poor but sexy however times are changing the new a major in face of perlin is certainly stylish however it's also becoming increasingly an affordable due to the demand from people wanting to live in a desirable location economically viable and politically secure the lynas becoming the place of choice for southern europeans to invest in during turbulent times in their own countries. count trend sales and rents property to italians. and

the town one of the main reasons our customers a buying here is that there is no trust in the italian economy. for the banks people see an apartment in berlin as a good way to preserve the value of their staving us. the claims that the real estate boom is stealing and sold. this is a progress berlin is developing sure it presents some challenges but this is just the same as when the wall came down and people moved into new areas if anything this crazy multiculturalism dick makes berlin what it is the best new housing developments are being built all around the city to try and accommodate demand however with rental prices having risen by ninety percent in the last decade it does seem that the writing is on the wall for the dream of an affordable life in the german capital. r.t. belin. breaking the set coming up stay with us.

john kerry made his first major verbal gaffe as secretary of state by mixing the nonexistent country of courage to stand in one of his speeches of course it is funny when politicians misspeak george bush was pretty good at that but i can say that we all make mistakes and we speak trust me it is very easy to butcher the pronunciation of someplace on earth like course to low voltage or walla walla washington the thing is that he didn't just misspeak his speech was written correctly and if you look at his eyes as he said it he wasn't really looking at notes or something he's reading it off of a teleprompter right now i am reading off a teleprompter but i put every word there myself which is probably why john kerry is spelled with a q but my question is would kerry and prompter mr obama just read anything put in front of them to even really know the realities of the tiriel they're reading in their speeches and who are deeply versed on some subject and you should need to

read word for word from a teleprompter to give a speech just try writing some notes and speaking with your brain and maybe your heart like in the good old days but that's just my opinion. if you know. three. hundred.